Wrong to give govt false info for benefits?

govcheat

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Consider the situations listed below. Do you feel it is wrong or not wrong if. . . B. A person gives the government incorrect information about himself to get government benefits that he is not entitled to.

Values

[1] not wrong
[2] a bit wrong
[3] wrong
[4] seriously wrong
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1991, 1998

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for govcheat.

Counts by year:

year	iap	not wrong	a bit wrong	wrong	seriously wrong	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1991	158	27	49	586	645	25	27	-	1517
1998	1548	22	34	510	664	27	27	-	2832
Total	1706	49	83	1096	1309	52	54	0	4349